affwinnin

Scots

Alternative forms

• afwinnin, afwinnen

Etymology

aff- +‎ winnin

Noun

affwinnin (plural affwinnins)

1. (Shetland) A festivity in Shetland, on finishing the field-work in spring or the harvest-work.

References

• “affwinnin, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.